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117. He (Avalokitesvara) with his powerful knowledge beholds all creatures who are beset with many hundreds of troubles and afflicted by many sorrows, and thereby is a saviour in the world, including the gods. 18. As he is thoroughly practised in the power of magic, and possessed of vast knowledge and skilfulness, he shows himself! in all directions and in all regions of the world. 19. Birth, decrepitude, and disease will come to an end for those who are in the wretched states of existence, in hell, in brute creation, in the kingdom of Yama, for all beings (in general’). [Then Akshayamati in the joy of his heart uttered the following stanzas? :] 20. O thou whose eyes are clear, whose eyes are rounded by N4gas, marine monsters, demons, ghosts, or giants he __ has, &c., and they shall quickly fly in all directions.’ 1 Drisyate. 2 We have to understand: in consequence of the conduct of the great Avalokitesvara. - ’ The words in brackets have been added in the margin by a later hand. 416 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIV. kind, distinguished by wisdom and knowledge, whose eyes are full of pity and benevolence ; thou so lovely by thy beautiful face and beautiful eyes! 21. Pure one, whose shine is spotless bright, whose knowledge is free from darkness, thou shining as the sun, not to be beaten away, radiant as the blaze of fire, thou spreadest in thy flying course thy lustre in the world}. 22. O thou who rejoicest in kindness having its source in compassion, thou great cloud of good qualities and of benevolent mind?, thou quenchest the fire that vexes living beings, thou pourest out nectar, the rain of the law. 23. In quarrel’, dispute, war, battle, in any great danger one has to think of Avalokitesvara, who shall quell the wicked troop of foes. 24. One should think of Avalokitesvara, whose sound is as the cloud’s and the drum’s, who thunders like a rain-cloud, possesses a good voice like Brahma, (a voice) going through the whole gamut of tones. 25. Think, O think with tranquil mood of Avalokitesvara, that pure being ; he is a protector, a refuge, a recourse in death, disaster, and calamity. 26. He who possesses the perfection of all virtues, and beholds all beings with compassion and benevolence, he, an ocean of virtues, Virtue itself, he, Avalokitesvara, is worthy of adoration. 1 Aparahata anilagalaprabha (voc. case) prapatento gagatf virokasi. For anilagala I read analagala (Sansk. analagvala). Cf. Karanda-vyfha, p. 43: Atharydvalokitesvaro gvalad ivagnipindam kase ’ntarhitah. ? Kripasambhitamaitragargita (voc.) subhaguza maitramand mahaghané (voc.) ® Kalahe. a ee en en, XXIV. THE ALL-SIDED ONE, 417 27. He, so compassionate for the world, shall once become a Buddha, destroying all dangers and sorrows!; I humbly bow to Avalokitesvara.
2? Kripasambhitamaitragargita (voc.) subhaguza maitramand mahaghané (voc.) ® Kalahe. a ee en en, XXIV. THE ALL-SIDED ONE, 417 27. He, so compassionate for the world, shall once become a Buddha, destroying all dangers and sorrows!; I humbly bow to Avalokitesvara. 28. This universal Lord, chief of kings, who is a (rich) mine of monastic virtues, he, universally worshipped, has reached pure, supreme enlightenment, after plying his course (of duty) during many hundreds of ons. 29. At one time standing to the right, at another to the left of the Chief Amitabha, whom he is fanning, he, by dint of meditation, like a phantom, in all regions honours the Gina. 30. In the west, where the pure world Sukhakara? is situated, there the Chief Amitdbha, the tamer of men 3, has his fixed abode. 31. There no women are to be found; there sexual intercourse is absolutely unknown; there the sons of Gina, on springing into existence by apparitional birth, are sitting in the undefiled cups of lotuses. 32. And the Chief Amit&bha himself is seated on a throne in the pure and nice cup of a lotus, and shines as the S4la-king ‘¢. 1 The present will make room for the future, life will end in death ; the living Avalokitesvara will pass into the state of Buddha, al. Dharmarfga, i.e. Death, the great physician. * T.e. procuring bliss or tranquillity; the more common name is Sukh4vati. In Greek and Roman mythology we find the Insulae Fortunatae and the gardens of the Hesperidae lying in the same quarter. ' 8 From this it appears that Amitabha or Amitayus is but another name of Yama, and just as Yama also governs the planet Saturn, it may be held that Amitabha, as one of the five Dhydni-Buddhas, among his other offices, is invested with the dignity of being the ruler of Saturn. * I do not understand the meaning of this compound. In the {21] Ee o! 418 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIV. 33. The Leader of the world, whose store of merit has been praised, has no equal in the triple world. O supreme of men, let us soon become like thee! Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Dharanindhara rose from his seat, put his upper robe upon one shoulder, fixed his right knee against the earth, stretched his joined hands towards the Lord and said: They must be possessed of not a few good roots, O Lord, who are to hear this chapter from the Dharmapary4ya about the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Avalokitesvara and this miraculous power of transformation of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara. And while this chapter of the All-sided One was being expounded by the Lord, eighty-four thousand living beings from that assembly felt their minds drawn to that supreme and perfect enlightenment, with which nothing else can be compared '. next following chapter we shall meet with a Tathagata named Salendrar4ga, i.e. king of the Séla-chiefs. 1 Asamasama; Burnouf takes it as ‘qui est égal 4 ce qui n’a pas d’égal.’ The term also occurs Lalita-vistara, p. 114, l. 9. a . XXV. ANCIENT DEVOTION. 419
3next following chapter we shall meet with a Tathagata named Salendrar4ga, i.e. king of the Séla-chiefs. 1 Asamasama; Burnouf takes it as ‘qui est égal 4 ce qui n’a pas d’égal.’ The term also occurs Lalita-vistara, p. 114, l. 9. a . XXV. ANCIENT DEVOTION. 419 CHAPTER XXV. ANCIENT DEVOTION |. Thereupon the Lord addressed the entire assemblage of Bodhisattvas: Of yore, young men of good family, at a past epoch, incalculable, more than incalculable AZons ago, at that time there appeared in the world a Tathagata named Galadharagargitaghoshasusvaranakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, an Arhat, &c., endowed with science and conduct, &c. &c., in the Aon Priyadarsana, in the world Vairoanarasmipratimazdita. Now, there was, young men of good family, under the spiritual rule of the Tathagata Galadharagargitaghoshasusvaranakshatraragasankusumitabhigaa a king called Subhavydha. That king Subhavydha, young men of good family, had a wife called Vimaladatt4, and two sons, one called Vimalagarbha, the other Vimalanetra. These two boys, who possessed magical power and wisdom?, applied themselves to the course of duty of Bodhisattvas, viz. to the perfect virtues (Paramitas) of almsgiving, morality, forbearance, energy, meditation, wisdom, and skilfulness; they were accomplished in benevolence, compassion, joyful sympathy and indifference, and in all the thirty- ? Pairvayoga; rather, ancient history ; cf. p. 153. * In the margin sundry epithets have been added, which here are omitted. . Ee€2 420 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXV. seven constituents of true knowledge’. They had perfectly mastered the meditation Vimala (i.e. spotless), the meditation Nakshatraragaditya ®, the meditation Vimalanirbh4sa, the meditation Vimalabh4sa, the meditation Alankdrasfra’, the meditation Mahategogarbha‘. Now at that time, that period the said Lord preached the Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law out of compassion for the beings then living and for the king Subhavydha. Then, young men of good family, the two young princes Vimalagarbha and Vimalanetra went to their mother, to whom they said, after stretching their joined hands ; We should like to go, mother, to the Lord Galadharagargit aghoshasusvaranakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, the Tathagata, &c., and that, mother, because the Lord Galadharagargitaghoshasusvaranakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, the Tathdgata, &c., expounds, in great extension, before the world, including the gods, the Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law. We should like to hear it. Whereupon the queen Vimaladatt4 said to the two young princes Vimalagarbha and Vimalanetra: Your father, young gentlemen, the king Subhavydha, favours the Brah- 1 Bodhipakshika or Bodhapakshika (dharmas). They form part of the 108 Dharm4lokamukhas in Lalita-vistara, p. 36, l. 17—p. 38, 1.6; an enumeration of them is found in Spence Hardy’s Manual of Buddhism, p. 497. * Burnouf’s reading is Nakshatratarfragaditya, i.e. the Sun, king of stars and asterisms.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
117. He (Avalokitesvara) with his powerful knowledge beholds all creatures who are beset with many hundreds of troubles and afflicted by many sorrows, and thereby is a saviour in the world, including the gods. 18. As he is thoroughly practised in the power of magic, and possessed of vast knowledge and skilfulness, he shows himself! in all directions and in all regions of the world. 19. Birth, decrepitude, and disease will come to an end for those who are in the wretched states of existence, in hell, in brute creation, in the kingdom of Yama, for all beings (in general’). [Then Akshayamati in the joy of his heart uttered the following stanzas? :] 20. O thou whose eyes are clear, whose eyes are rounded by N4gas, marine monsters, demons, ghosts, or giants he __ has, &c., and they shall quickly fly in all directions.’ 1 Drisyate. 2 We have to understand: in consequence of the conduct of the great Avalokitesvara. - ’ The words in brackets have been added in the margin by a later hand. 416 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIV. kind, distinguished by wisdom and knowledge, whose eyes are full of pity and benevolence ; thou so lovely by thy beautiful face and beautiful eyes! 21. Pure one, whose shine is spotless bright, whose knowledge is free from darkness, thou shining as the sun, not to be beaten away, radiant as the blaze of fire, thou spreadest in thy flying course thy lustre in the world}. 22. O thou who rejoicest in kindness having its source in compassion, thou great cloud of good qualities and of benevolent mind?, thou quenchest the fire that vexes living beings, thou pourest out nectar, the rain of the law. 23. In quarrel’, dispute, war, battle, in any great danger one has to think of Avalokitesvara, who shall quell the wicked troop of foes. 24. One should think of Avalokitesvara, whose sound is as the cloud’s and the drum’s, who thunders like a rain-cloud, possesses a good voice like Brahma, (a voice) going through the whole gamut of tones. 25. Think, O think with tranquil mood of Avalokitesvara, that pure being ; he is a protector, a refuge, a recourse in death, disaster, and calamity. 26. He who possesses the perfection of all virtues, and beholds all beings with compassion and benevolence, he, an ocean of virtues, Virtue itself, he, Avalokitesvara, is worthy of adoration. 1 Aparahata anilagalaprabha (voc. case) prapatento gagatf virokasi. For anilagala I read analagala (Sansk. analagvala). Cf. Karanda-vyfha, p. 43: Atharydvalokitesvaro gvalad ivagnipindam kase ’ntarhitah. ? Kripasambhitamaitragargita (voc.) subhaguza maitramand mahaghané (voc.) ® Kalahe. a ee en en, XXIV. THE ALL-SIDED ONE, 417 27. He, so compassionate for the world, shall once become a Buddha, destroying all dangers and sorrows!; I humbly bow to Avalokitesvara.
2? Kripasambhitamaitragargita (voc.) subhaguza maitramand mahaghané (voc.) ® Kalahe. a ee en en, XXIV. THE ALL-SIDED ONE, 417 27. He, so compassionate for the world, shall once become a Buddha, destroying all dangers and sorrows!; I humbly bow to Avalokitesvara. 28. This universal Lord, chief of kings, who is a (rich) mine of monastic virtues, he, universally worshipped, has reached pure, supreme enlightenment, after plying his course (of duty) during many hundreds of ons. 29. At one time standing to the right, at another to the left of the Chief Amitabha, whom he is fanning, he, by dint of meditation, like a phantom, in all regions honours the Gina. 30. In the west, where the pure world Sukhakara? is situated, there the Chief Amitdbha, the tamer of men 3, has his fixed abode. 31. There no women are to be found; there sexual intercourse is absolutely unknown; there the sons of Gina, on springing into existence by apparitional birth, are sitting in the undefiled cups of lotuses. 32. And the Chief Amit&bha himself is seated on a throne in the pure and nice cup of a lotus, and shines as the S4la-king ‘¢. 1 The present will make room for the future, life will end in death ; the living Avalokitesvara will pass into the state of Buddha, al. Dharmarfga, i.e. Death, the great physician. * T.e. procuring bliss or tranquillity; the more common name is Sukh4vati. In Greek and Roman mythology we find the Insulae Fortunatae and the gardens of the Hesperidae lying in the same quarter. ' 8 From this it appears that Amitabha or Amitayus is but another name of Yama, and just as Yama also governs the planet Saturn, it may be held that Amitabha, as one of the five Dhydni-Buddhas, among his other offices, is invested with the dignity of being the ruler of Saturn. * I do not understand the meaning of this compound. In the {21] Ee o! 418 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIV. 33. The Leader of the world, whose store of merit has been praised, has no equal in the triple world. O supreme of men, let us soon become like thee! Thereupon the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Dharanindhara rose from his seat, put his upper robe upon one shoulder, fixed his right knee against the earth, stretched his joined hands towards the Lord and said: They must be possessed of not a few good roots, O Lord, who are to hear this chapter from the Dharmapary4ya about the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Avalokitesvara and this miraculous power of transformation of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara. And while this chapter of the All-sided One was being expounded by the Lord, eighty-four thousand living beings from that assembly felt their minds drawn to that supreme and perfect enlightenment, with which nothing else can be compared '. next following chapter we shall meet with a Tathagata named Salendrar4ga, i.e. king of the Séla-chiefs. 1 Asamasama; Burnouf takes it as ‘qui est égal 4 ce qui n’a pas d’égal.’ The term also occurs Lalita-vistara, p. 114, l. 9. a . XXV. ANCIENT DEVOTION. 419
3next following chapter we shall meet with a Tathagata named Salendrar4ga, i.e. king of the Séla-chiefs. 1 Asamasama; Burnouf takes it as ‘qui est égal 4 ce qui n’a pas d’égal.’ The term also occurs Lalita-vistara, p. 114, l. 9. a . XXV. ANCIENT DEVOTION. 419 CHAPTER XXV. ANCIENT DEVOTION |. Thereupon the Lord addressed the entire assemblage of Bodhisattvas: Of yore, young men of good family, at a past epoch, incalculable, more than incalculable AZons ago, at that time there appeared in the world a Tathagata named Galadharagargitaghoshasusvaranakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, an Arhat, &c., endowed with science and conduct, &c. &c., in the Aon Priyadarsana, in the world Vairoanarasmipratimazdita. Now, there was, young men of good family, under the spiritual rule of the Tathagata Galadharagargitaghoshasusvaranakshatraragasankusumitabhigaa a king called Subhavydha. That king Subhavydha, young men of good family, had a wife called Vimaladatt4, and two sons, one called Vimalagarbha, the other Vimalanetra. These two boys, who possessed magical power and wisdom?, applied themselves to the course of duty of Bodhisattvas, viz. to the perfect virtues (Paramitas) of almsgiving, morality, forbearance, energy, meditation, wisdom, and skilfulness; they were accomplished in benevolence, compassion, joyful sympathy and indifference, and in all the thirty- ? Pairvayoga; rather, ancient history ; cf. p. 153. * In the margin sundry epithets have been added, which here are omitted. . Ee€2 420 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXV. seven constituents of true knowledge’. They had perfectly mastered the meditation Vimala (i.e. spotless), the meditation Nakshatraragaditya ®, the meditation Vimalanirbh4sa, the meditation Vimalabh4sa, the meditation Alankdrasfra’, the meditation Mahategogarbha‘. Now at that time, that period the said Lord preached the Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law out of compassion for the beings then living and for the king Subhavydha. Then, young men of good family, the two young princes Vimalagarbha and Vimalanetra went to their mother, to whom they said, after stretching their joined hands ; We should like to go, mother, to the Lord Galadharagargit aghoshasusvaranakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, the Tathagata, &c., and that, mother, because the Lord Galadharagargitaghoshasusvaranakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, the Tathdgata, &c., expounds, in great extension, before the world, including the gods, the Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law. We should like to hear it. Whereupon the queen Vimaladatt4 said to the two young princes Vimalagarbha and Vimalanetra: Your father, young gentlemen, the king Subhavydha, favours the Brah- 1 Bodhipakshika or Bodhapakshika (dharmas). They form part of the 108 Dharm4lokamukhas in Lalita-vistara, p. 36, l. 17—p. 38, 1.6; an enumeration of them is found in Spence Hardy’s Manual of Buddhism, p. 497. * Burnouf’s reading is Nakshatratarfragaditya, i.e. the Sun, king of stars and asterisms.
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